Hi today has been our first real look around the city. We started the day in a bit of a bad way! We were so jet lagged that we over slept and missed out check out. We were woken at 12pm with the maid knocking on the doortellin us to get out! We were totally knackered. So when we did eventually get up we decided to go out and brave the city of Beijing. Armed with a map and a phrasebook we decided that we would head of tiannamien square. As its just a 25mins walk...

Hi Everyone! We have arrived in Beijing! The temperature outside is a very cold -8c and there is a large supply of snow all around! The flight over here was a good result as when we boarded at the gate we were told that we had been given an upgrade to club world. With lots of extra leg room, a tv each, personal games and a satalite phone (which was very expensive) what more could you ask of a 10 hour flight?!? Anyway enough about the flight. We landed at 8am lo...